LABOUR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS 9:01 No employee or group of employees shall undertake to represent the Union at meetings with the Employer without the proper authorization of the Union. The Employer shall not meet with any employee or group of employees undertaking to represent the Union without the proper authorization of the Union. In representing an employee or group of employees, a representative of the Union shall be the spokesperson. In order that this may be carried out, the Union shall supply the Employer with the names of its Officers and representatives. Likewise the Employer shall supply the Union with a list of its Designated Authorities and Chairs where the Chair is not the Designated Authority. Neither the Union nor the Employer shall be required to recognize such representatives until written notification has been received.
9:02 The Union and the Employer acknowledge the mutual benefit of joint consultation and agree, therefore, that there shall be a joint labour/management committee consisting of three (3) representatives from and selected by each party. There shall be one (1) regularly scheduled Labour/Management Committee meeting in each four (4) month term or semester (January to April, May to August, September to December). In addition, meetings shall be arranged at the request of either party through the Labour Relations Department, by submitting in writing the topics to be discussed. Such meetings shall take place, at a mutually-agreeable time, within ten (10) working days of the receipt of the request for the meeting. Meetings shall not be used to discuss matters which are the subject of a grievance nor to discuss any matters which are, at the time, the subject of collective bargaining. The committee shall function in an advisory capacity only, making recommendations to the Union and/or the Employer with respect to its discussions and conclusions, and shall not have the power to add to or modify the terms of this agreement. A representative of each party shall be designated Co-Chairperson, and the two persons so designated shall alternate in presiding over meetings.
Media Relations 7.1 Elected officers or appointed committee chairpersons of the Union shall be allowed to speak or comment to the media while on duty provided they change into civilian clothes and provided further, that they do not purport to represent the views of the Department. The Chief's office shall be informed in advance, whenever possible, of such contact with the media. No member shall leave their duty or work station without specific prior approval of the Chief of the Department or authorized management official. Approval shall include consideration of the operating needs and work schedules of the Department or division to which the member is assigned.
Community Relations Chancellor shall establish and maintain an appropriate community relations program. Chancellor shall attend important college and community events, develop relationships with other key public and private agencies in each of the District's relevant communities where colleges are located and be significantly involved in the District's relevant local communities.
Investor Relations Firm Promptly after the execution of a definitive agreement for a Business Combination, the Company shall retain an investor relations firm with the expertise necessary to assist the Company both before and after the consummation of the Business Combination for a term to be agreed upon by the Company and the Representative.
Authority Relative to this Agreement (a) The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements to which the Company is a party (subject to the receipt of the consents described in Section 3.05(b)) and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (other than the approval and adoption of this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby by the stockholders of the Company in accordance with Georgia Law and the Company Articles of Incorporation (the "Company Stockholders' Action"). The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements or to consummate the transactions so contemplated, other than the Company Stockholders' Action. This Agreement has been, and the Ancillary Agreements will be, duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements by each of the other parties hereto and thereto, constitutes, or, in the case of the Ancillary Agreements, will constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent such enforceability may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(b) The Company Special Committee and the Company Board (i) have unanimously declared that this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby (other than the Spin-off) and thereby are advisable, fair to and in the best interests of the stockholders of the Company, (ii) have unanimously authorized, approved and adopted this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (iii) have recommended that the stockholders of the Company authorize, approve and adopt this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby (other than the Spin-off) and thereby.